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Photographer: Arkadiusz Podniesinski
WhyNotUncleIroh
The rast of ush
swagbornslayer
Hauntingly beauty Pictures!
mcow
Totally doesn't look like The Walking Dead!
hipifreq
Yeah, no one's mowing the grass in Fukushima
stormstereo
So, the photographer ran in and out in 30 seconds to avoid being barbecued?
aldriel
Safe to visit, unsafe to live in.
Falalalalanobodyknowsmeonhere
I could spend at least 100 hours looting... not that I'd know, based on Fallout....
KimJongUninstall
can fallout 5 be like, somewhere other than america?
DarthT15
Probably not, since the whole lore is based on the American fear of nuclear war back in the 50's.
timenters89
The last of us 2?
tred1975
i found it has a certain kind of romantic
myfirstpostwasababyanteater
Ruin porn has its appeal, otherwise it wouldn't be called porn.
Noevilgifs
30 million people used to live here
AssBall
Now it's a ghost town..
ogaidsboy
What happened
Noevilgifs
partial meltdown of a reactor made the Japanese gov. basically do what happened in pripyat, but bigger
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Noevilgifs
actually the earthquake comprimised the reactor and the flooding shut down the secondary water pumps that cool the reactor in case 1/2
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Noevilgifs
no prob, i'm going into nuclear sci/engineering so i should know this stuff
Noevilgifs
of emergency shutdown ie. SCRAM alert
BoomboxGuy
0 people died from radiation.
DanManFryingPan
What the hell happened to those monitors in #7? It's like they're rotting or something.
skotteh
Bird Benches
MoonSweeper
Not certain but it looks like bird crap!
NomDeImguerre
Fallout 5: New Fukushima
SpanWolf
#1, So that's what a nope factory looks like...
ytrearneindre
Fun facts: "The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has no confirmed casualties from radiation exposure"
ytrearneindre
"Official figures show that there have been well over 1000 deaths from maintaining the evacuation.. 1/2
ytrearneindre
"scientists have found no evidence to support the idea that the nuclear meltdown will lead to an increase in cancer rates or birth defects."
ytrearneindre
..in contrast to little risk from radiation if early return had been allowed.'" 2/2
rando84
People get cancer from coal emissions every day & no one cares. People don't get cancer from nuclear, & everyone loses their shit. Go figure
iliketosaysomethingandthenjustbanana
You're not counting wildlife. My GF uncle is a nuclear scientist that got send to Fukushima to conduct research for the government.
mancrush
Serious question- so when you tell your insurance company that your car is stuck in a radioactive forest, do they just buy you a new one?
robingal1
is that bird poop on the last pic?
locouillard
PACHINKO!
Volonoff8
As soon as I saw the first pic I pressed 0
DroppedIceCream
Reminds me of Metro 2033
chavovaldez
player.modav carryweight 10000000
SeeTheNumbersTasteTheViolence
Player.additem ffffffff 9000000
DVSBSTrD
What's the Japanese for "The Last of Us"?
ChrisGen
最後の私達 saigono watachitachi
IAmNotAnExpertBut
ザ ラスト オブ アス(ze ra-su-to o-fu a-su)
GuardsmanMiku
Owari no seraph.
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GuardsmanMiku
or rather, seraph of the end backdrops
GuardsmanMiku
google seraph of the end
KPopHeaux
It's an anime...and a joke.
Demongoka
The Rast of Us
HighQualityH2O
Favorite embedded comment of the week!
slightlyhotcontents
Should I feel bad that this gave me the biggest laugh today?! Or is that raugh?! Anyway! +1
ImmaWantsome
This alone could be top comment... not even needing the question before it...
dada78641
You'd be surprised how many Japanese games simply retain their English titles, albeit in Japanese phonetic script (katakana).
DrDadJokes
Resident Evil
Lichelf
Resident Evil is actually called Biohazard in Japan
DarthFutuza
I think I like the japaenese name better.
MinigunDuckHunt
For real? So that game I played on ps1 was actual resident evil and not some knock-off as I thought my entire life?
Lichelf
Could be. I don't know if there exist any english versions with the original name.
SweetZombiJesus
Google translate says "Watashitachi no saigo" which is probably not accurate. Googled it and found this:
alundra828
Pretty much correct. Watashitachi is us, or we. no is pretty much of, and Saigo is a condensing of saishu, which is 'last'.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
*Boston 2287
albanette
Boston 2014
IDontKnowHowToHuman
Fuk u Kony 2012
Poopoopeepeevagina
Fallout 5?
TicTacDickStick
I want to know where places like this are so I can take all of the cool shit left behind.
DustyGrooves
Pachinko graveyard.
Blendur
You don' wanna loot shit after a radiation incident. Any metal can become a secondary rad source - it's why all those cars were left behind.
hobojoe
Good thing there's barely higher than ambient radiation at Fukushima then.
Mcknizzle
All over the place
ArcticAnimal
Some people went looting in Chernobyl after the accident and got quite sick. Turned out the stuff was pretty contaminated by radiation.
GaylordFancyBottom
Pripyat* get your "facts" right
DrSparken
at Fukushima, the radiation levels are so weak you could get fairly close to the plant for a good week or two before even having 2/
DrSparken
increased lifetime risk of cancer. 3/3
ArcticAnimal
Thanks for sorting that out. I lived 500km away from Chernobyl, when it happened. Can confirm that do to winds, we got some of the fallout.
DrSparken
Chernobyl is rather different to Fukushima. At Chern the reactor itself literally blew to pieces spewing active core everywhere - whereas 1/
WisdomPlaytime
And to this day the radiation affects people. Babies being born with grotesque deformities.
hobojoe
No, it doesn't. Because no one has lived near it for 30 years.
hobojoe
No, it doesn't. Because no one has lived near it for 30 years.
IAmNotAnExpertBut
Just bring a lot of RadAway with you.
WisdomPlaytime
An exhilarating way to commit suicide.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
IDK if the spiders in Fukushima are venomous. It'd be far more suicidal to go to Australia.
hmblprogrammer
Actually it'd be a pretty *boring* way. No people, just deserted... No excitement. Then return home to slowly die of radiation poisioning
Pyrowolf1
What the fuck is going on with that gym?
Nuttsy
Water damage related decay?
ImgurCelebrity
Water damage. The ceiling must have a leak and there's nobody left to put a bucket under it and mop it up.
LilLarrySellers
GO PLANTS!!
LeCacty
Are there any zombies?
Sauroctonus
I never understand why post-nuclear war movies/games are always in deserts. If people can survive, vaults or not, then the plants sure will.
Beelsebooob
Fallout 4 appears to get things mostly accurate! That said, they appear to need to cover roads in more grass.
roboticliquids
There is mod for that :)
Pootytoots
Thank you, comrade.
MahiMahiFreedomActivist
Touch of Green.
TrumpRapesChildren
Fallout needs more flora. It's been 200 years. Surely leaves and greenery have blossomed since the blast.
BreoganHackett
1/2 Well considering that enough nukes would have dropped to kill almost all of the plant life across America in fallout.
DirtyA
no they don't, all the grass is dead.
darksamus8
Actually, it annoyed the hell out of my how NOT accurate Fallout is. TWO HUNDRED years since a disaster- the world should be green af by now
glunderberry
Even with all the radiation?
BreoganHackett
2/2 However Fukushima had vegetation on the surrounding land mass which could spread back in.
iambronc0
I'm guessing the tsunami deposited soil over the road for that much grass to grow that quick. Just a guess
Dominian
Fallout also features a radiation sea and a kid that survived 200 years in a fridge. I think at this point it's about as realistic as comics
ElBivo
I saw a Rad-X in the basket at the Super Duper Mart
GalacticPancakes
I have almost no Rad-X but over 100 Stimpaks. Why does Fallout hate me.
MmmmAnimalFries
Because you never put any points into luck?
GalacticPancakes
I have 6 into luck.
ArcticAnimal
#1 pic tells me there are some huge ass spiders lurking in those wastes.
madnorwegian
Nuclear mutant spiders you know
xFireFlyy
I flipped the fuck out when I saw the first one. I'm not actually scared of spiders, I just hate their webs. Especially cobwebs EVERYWHERE
greymouser7
Radioactive spiders-you could get powers!
WhatYearIsThis
Radioactive spiders, because normal spiders aren't nope enough
spicepoet
Photographer: Peter Parker
AntiEvil007
Boss fight?
Gearwe
The power of the hyphen: 'There are some huge ass-spiders lurking in those wastes'
lordofthedice
Mandatory https://xkcd.com/37/
IAmAHollow
The correct hyphen here would be "huge-ass spiders" unless, of course...
txmount
I'd rather they were MADE of ass, than nesting in ass. O_O
Gearwe
Well, they are lurking in waste...
IAmAHollow
The hyphen is used simply to combine words. It has no implies meaning, which is awesome because you can create whatever meaning you like ^-^
txmount
yah, is cool, just y'know. Ass-spiders. Just giant, irradiated carnivorous arachnids, looking to part your cheeks and find a nice warm home
bannedaccount1
If my years of tv viewing have taught me anything is that mixing arachnids with massive amounts of nuclear waste is totally safe.
ArcticAnimal
Yes it is. For the spiders mostly. http://24.media.tumblr.com/3900b0331ba3e78a6eab73ae00c62b00/tumblr_mz2fnswm3Y1qedb29o1_500.gif
fivefrozenfishfingers
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man.
pattigraph
Is this a BOC quote????
fivefrozenfishfingers
Yeah. It seemed appropriate :)
pattigraph
Godzilla!!
Eanikran
Or ghouls
LiterallyYourMom
Oh god, ass spiders are the worst kind!
Tomadoro
Godzilla sized spider's?
BojidarMartinov
With two heads
IDontKnowHowToHuman
Any time there are spider webs in my dreams, they are at LEAST that dense. Can't take one step around one without another being in my way.
nation543
and there are so many items that i could use to MOD MY NEW FREAKIN GUN!
BoxofBoxes
From King’s Mist. http://imgur.com/RmAEmHg
1stLtObvious
Spider-bro was just really excited to see him. Yes, that's it!
ArcticAnimal
"Steve? Steve!My man! Where you been? Good to see you, man! Gimme a hug" - spider
Mrgayy
I dare you to walk through it
JM2DC
And I bet it gets the stupid Hobbits too
DiedAndHauntingImgur
Keep tapping VATS
DarthFluffyBottom
I've been playing way too much Fallout 4, that supermarket just is loaded with nuka-cola and various items.
stayfoxy
Before anyone goes all "omg fuck nuclear power" remember a big ass tsunami also happened
IDontKnowHowToHuman
① ...which was because some of the biggest earthquakes ever just happened. "The big one" under Seattle will be FAR stronger. And considering
terrorista31
Downvote me! Fukushima was saved by one operator that put sea water against his boss direct order, if not, Tokyo would have been evacuated.
IDontKnowHowToHuman
② that Japan is one of the most earthquake-prepared nations on earth, but WA is less than fuck-all prepared... we're all gonna die.
rando84
Death toll from tsunami: 15,800+. Death toll from Fukushima: 0 (with projected 0% increase in future cancer rates).
KingoftheC
Mmmm, sauce: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-accident/
stayfoxy
Thank you!
KingoftheC
Except on disaster relief workers. Two individuals, I think received a dose resulting in a considerable rough increase for cancer. Still.
rando84
Even with those, not too shabby for the worst nuclear accident in decades. A natural gas plant blowing up & killing people is barely news.
DirtyA
Pretty sure there was one guy who got dosed with really extreme neutron radiation, and all his skin melted off, can't remember if that was
DirtyA
from Fukushima or not.
KingoftheC
Nah, I remember hearing about one experiment where a shielding apparatus that contained a critical mass cracked open and exposed a (1)
KingoftheC
scientist was exposed to a lethal dose of radiation when he went to close it, but it certainly didn't melt his skin off. (2)
DirtyA
I specifically remember someone from Japan who got exposed to neutron radiation, an extremely lethal dose, and his skin melted off within a
DirtyA
day or two, and this happened fairly recently, but apparently no it wasn't from fukushima, it was apparently an unrelated incident.
MealTicketAlex
So people who are saying the radiation has drifted into the ocean and make fish less safe to eat...that's just bullshit, right?
rando84
For the most part, yes. There was some valid caution in waters near Japan, but the radiation found in fish in other parts is so remote 1/2
rando84
that it's a fraction of what you'd find in a banana. You should be far more concerned about bioaccumulation of mercury, which is routine 2/2
XenomorphZZ
I like the nuclear plant that was in more danger but didnt fail horribly because it exceeded safety codes. But nobody talks about that one.
FlatJoe
They talk about the Fukushima one cause it did the opposite of exceed safety codes
Sairvous
Yeah but but nuclear power has the potential to make whole cities uninhabitable if something goes wrong.
derwulf
Not... really. Tsernobyl is a terrible example, but modern nuke plants can't go off like a bomb.
Sairvous
Well from the nuclear power plants Ive seen it is true. Fukushima was another example.unless these are not "modern" plants.
derwulf
Assuming we actually fund them. The issue is when people cut funding because "OMG NUCLEAR!" Then shit can get bad.
Shhbooms
Serious question - what damage (short/long term) did it cause to the environment? I don't trust Facebook articles.
UniversalCrustacean
Not a whole lot, most of the radiation was in very close proximity to the reactor itself.
FlatJoe
Short, looks like not much. Long, remains to be seen. They are still removing the rods, and if an earthquake of a certain magnitude hits 1/?
FlatJoe
it can cause a nuclear reaction. For the radiation leaking into the ocean, it remains to be seen. I'd be surprised if all that radiation 2/3
FlatJoe
doesn't do at least some damage to marine life or the marine environment.. radioactive water is still leaking into the ocean I believe.
stayfoxy
(1)It could potentially, but the safety systems at the plant worked the way they were supposed to and the water exposed to radiation was
stayfoxy
Here's a decent article http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/is-radioactive-water-from-fukushima-worth-worrying-about
CORGI316
Never ceases to amaze me how quickly nature retakes what was paved over and built on.
Fahargo
I mean it's been 4 years
IReviewDickPics
My internet cynicism always questions if the photos are actually from where they say.
TheLongPauseBetweenDontAndStop
As with the photo of desktop computers.. Those are early flat screens, so wait - am I missing something?
Farrit
Well, OP did you the photo credit in there..
TheWolfWhoPlaysWithFire
That why I laugh loudly when people say "save the planet" like it needs us to keep going.
Averagesize
Crazy how nature do that
MinotaurRising
Agreed. Talk about playing the long game.
WhatRaySay
+1 those documentaries where they time lapse what would happen if mankind were exterminated are fuckn crazy. you'd barely know we were here
itpisscat
O
Itsotreb
Can you recommend a few ?
Meqad
http://imdb.com/title/tt1264068
RyanGoonsling
If you're into books, "The world without us" is an interesting read about how nature would retake humanity's achievements. Its well written.
BurgerBuns
There's one called "after humans" I believe. Maybe done by NatGeo?
villified
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DerpKugel
Now I want to watch that
GoogleFucker
There's one called Life After People, I think. I watched it years ago, and it was creepy, but realistic
IDontKnowHowToHuman
Seems that new episodes keep coming out. I see them on from time to time. Always fascinating.
jackmccw
Landscaping is so damn underrated!
DarthT15
That's not a road, The path in the upper right corner would be covered as well. That and the trees to the rear wouldn't spring up that quick
AgDrumma07
Personally it makes me feel better that once we kill ourselves off, nature will quickly take its place back.
raddinosgorawr
Huh? What picture is nature "taking over?"
Poobydooby
the ones with the nature taking over
BonquiquiThethird
Are you blind?
raddinosgorawr
No. I am being literal.
MrBananaBeak
#2 #3
WowSoSparkly
Don't forget #1 spiderbros have been hard at work here.
raddinosgorawr
Oh you mean grass growing.
MrBananaBeak
Through the roads, yes. "Takes over what was paved"
raddinosgorawr
Was that paved???
Shockwave44
That's why I always laugh at the save the world fanatics.
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CamoKiIIer
Yeah no way grass would break threw a road that quickly unless covered in sediment.
5tellaire
Gives me hope! I hope all the damage we (humans) do can be so easily repaired.
barrocoyote
You realize those cars were placed off the road, right?
LanaSmith
unless the flood left tonsof dirt and stuff on the road
MrSomeguy
That's why I was thinking, there's no sign of concrete below them, and there wasn't nearly enough time for the road to be completely gone.
LanaSmith
unless the flood left tons of dirt ans d stuff on the road
MrSomeguy
The cars are too close together and facing different directions, they're in storage somewhere. Maybe contaminated and isolated.
LanaSmith
close together I would have disputed but the different directions directions one is rock solid